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8 Things to Know in Shipping, Freight, Logistics & Supply Chain this Week

Intelligent Audit

This is excellent news for everyone in freight accounting as companies struggle to increase profit margins that have narrowed amidst increasing fuel surcharges. . The FedEx Express team met the cargo plane at the gate to immediately move the coveted commodity toward the consumers. Operation Fly Formula Is a Success. on May 22, 2022.

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007. Maersk is one to keep an eye on as it builds its logistics capabilities beyond its ocean freight transportation services.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 6-10, 2016)

Talking Logistics

iContainers, Expedia for transporting freight internationally, raises $6.7 Freight Rates Push Lower as Truck Capacity Outweighs Demand (WSJ – sub. April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). million (TechCrunch).

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How Carrier Technology Affects Your Supply Chain

CH Robinson Transportfolio

After all, without carriers, your freight wouldn’t move. Robinson in 2007. Those relationships mean that when my customers have freight to move, I have reliable carriers to call on to make it happen. Those relationships mean that when my customers have freight to move, I have reliable carriers to call on to make it happen.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

Uber drivers perform one-off services with no guarantee of repeat “gigs”, of stable employment, or of accompanying social security benefits. For example, before Uber started in 2009, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system was already functioning in 2007. Gig economy. Digitally driven. Accelerating Factors. Uber’s Own Plans in Logistics.

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On-Line App Fortifies Ports System Against Disaster

MIT Supply Chain

Yet up until recently, there was no reliable measure of the US port system’s cargo handling capacity. A research initiative called the Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR) launched in 2007 by the US Department of Homeland Security is addressing this lack of awareness.

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The Ultimate List of Top Logistics Startups – Blog

Freightos

And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published.